Total Votes Cast

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Year Total Votes Cast
26 May 1955 47,227 Show data context
08 Oct 1959 52,629 Show data context
15 Oct 1964 50,954 Show data context
31 Mar 1966 48,869 Show data context
18 Jun 1970 50,452 Show data context
28 Feb 1974 50,492 Show data context
10 Oct 1974 44,476 Show data context
03 May 1979 47,532 Show data context
09 Jun 1983 42,164 Show data context
11 Jun 1987 42,968 Show data context
09 Apr 1992 43,201 Show data context
01 May 1997 35,792 Show data context
07 Jun 2001 29,055 Show data context
05 May 2005 30,077 Show data context
06 May 2010 37,813 Show data context
07 May 2015 38,196 Show data context
Date: Source:
1955 - 1970 F.W.S. Craig (ed.), British Parliamentary Election Results 1950-1970 (Chichester: Political Reference Publications, 1971) Within copyright. Permission granted to project.
1974 - 1992 Kimber, Political Science Resources
1997 - 2015 House of Commons Library, House of Commons Library Research Papers ,
2010 The Electoral Commission, The Electoral Commission

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Total number of votes cast. In multi-member constituencies this will be different from the total number of people voting.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Leeds East BCon through time | Political Life Statistics | Total Votes Cast, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 05th November 2024